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Betting a Hot Trainer-Jockey Combo in the Gun Runner Stakes
On Dec. 26, 2021, Fair Grounds hosted the
inaugural running of the $100000 Gun Runner Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile qualifier on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. The winner was
Epicenter, and the fifth-place finisher was
Rich Strike; the following spring, Rich Strike and Epicenter
ran 1-2 in the Kentucky Derby.
The second…